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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Top Ten Books Natanya Resolves to Read in 2011

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Yup, time for another to-read list! Gotta love 'em. January means it's time to make New Year's resolutions, and while I tend not to complete 95% of my resolutions, I am determined to read certain books this year, many of which I meant to read in 2010. So here are the Top Ten Books I Resolve To Read in 2011 (in no particular order):

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs – I got this at Powell’s over the summer because it sounds interesting and I’ve read great reviews of it, but I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s not very long, so I hope to read it this month while I’m on break.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami – I started this over the summer, but for some reason had a really hard time getting into it, despite the fact that I absolutely loved the other two Murakami books I’ve read, Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore. I know a number of people for whom TWUBC is their favorite, so I’d really love to be able to get far enough into it to know why!

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Oh, you know. It seems that this, and “classic literature” as a whole, is either on every book-lover’s “favorites” or “to read” list. Time to finally get to this one.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – My dad adores Bradbury, and this is my kind of book. I think I’ve only been resisting reading it all these years because I saw the movie when I was younger and hated it. But that really doesn’t mean anything.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – I’ve wanted to read this ever since a classmate of mine read it for an English project back in my senior year of high school. People seem to either love this or hate it, so I guess I have no way of knowing whether I’ll like it until I start reading it!

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger – Loved Catcher in the Rye.

A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore – I’ve heard only wonderful things about Moore, and my friend owns this particular book and said it was hysterical.

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer – I adored Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (see my review of it here), and I’m sure I’ll love this too. I’m also excited for Foer’s Tree of Codes, which comes out on the 11th! (I know, I cheated, two books at once…but JSF can totally be an exception!).

Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World by Signe Pike – Signe Pike graduated from my university, and I actually got the chance to sit down and chat with her (yay English Club!) about her research and travels for this book, as well as her former career as a book editor (my dream job). She was super fun and friendly, and told us some great stories from her travels, so I can’t wait to read the end product!

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – You all know how much I love Margaret Atwood. When I reviewed Wilderness Tips, a bunch of people said they loved Cat’s Eye, so I’m going to make that my next Atwood read!

Your turn! What books do you absolutely want to read this year? I know you all have that stack of books on your bookshelf that you keep putting off--maybe it's time to finally read them!

**On a very related note, next week's topic is Top Ten Bookish/Blogging Resolutions in which you can share all those things you things that you resolve to do concerning your reading or blogging life. So...keep resolving! And if you've already posted your resolutions, as most have, please feel free to link them up anyways!

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I'm glad to see that I am the only one that hasn't read Pride and Prejudice. It is on my list too. Running with Scissors and Franny and Zooey have been sitting on my shelves for years, I didn't include them on my list but they could have been. Good luck on keeping your resolution, I hope I can keep mine.

I actually know some of these books!:D....Austen is always a pleasure to read. Good luck with P&P! Farenheit 451 is only something I've heard about. I don't think I've ever seriously considered reading it.

I actually know some of these books!:D....Austen is always a pleasure to read. Good luck with P&P! Farenheit 451 is only something I've heard about. I don't think I've ever seriously considered reading it.

Pride and Prejudice will be on my list too!! I've been wanting to read that book for so long. It definitely needs to get read this year!! And I read Fahrenheit 451 a long time ago. I didn't like it. =/ I thought it was a very boring, uneventful book. However, I hope you enjoy it!! =)

I've been wanting to read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I also have Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close at home, but still haven't read it (or Everything Is Illuminated), although I am reading Eating Animals right now.

Christopher Moore is one of my absolute favorites! I met him here in San Francisco and he is one of the funniest people I've ever met. A Dirty Job is the first book of his that I read, I hope you love it! Lamb is probably my absolute favorite of his, with A Dirty Job coming second.

I re-read Fahrenheit 451 this year and loved it (I actually hated it the first time I read it oddly enough... maybe because it was for school). Running with Scissors is also fantastically funny. I have yet to read anything by Safran Foer or Murakami, but they're both on my to-read list for this year.

Nice list. I think I liked Norweigan Wood better than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I can't really get into Kafka on the Shore, but I'm going to try it this year again. Enjoy Franny and Zooey; I though it was much better than Catcher.

Fahrenheit 451 is also on my list as is a couple of other works featuring dystopian views of the world - not sure what that says about me ha ha! i will be interested to see if I keep my resolution given the enormity of my own reading challenge! Best of luck to everyone else in keeping theirs...

Pride and Prejudice is on my list too! And has been for I think the last like, 4 years. I have too many older books I've yet to read to count! I'm a day late, but I've just posted my list. This was just too good of an idea to pass up. : )

Great list! Ironically enough, I haven't read the original Pride & Prejudice either....though I am scheduled to read the newer version with zombies, go figure. Will have to investigate the other titles....but sounds like you have an interesting year in reading ahead!

(OH...and by the way....you've also won an award over at my site! http://insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/2011/01/roll-out-red-carpet.html)

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